Charter Academy has written to parents underlining its policy on styles, singling out variations on the tousled, teenage look which features short sides and floppy fringe, as unacceptable.

The letter says boys who do not change their hair in line with school uniform policy by Monday will be sent home or put in isolation.

Since receiving the letter some parents have taken to social media to express their outrage and also bemusement over what is being described by a ‘meet me at Mcdonalds.’

To help, the school in Salisbury Road is showing examples of unacceptable hairstyles on display boards around the building and says it is happy to provide families with a PowerPoint of styles to avoid.